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Schubert: Die Zwillingsbruder [A Pair of Twins]
Franz Schubert, Peter Maag, Solisti Cantori
Schubert: Die Zwillingsbruder [A Pair of Twins]
Genre: Classical
 
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Schubert's ninth opera (or rather, singspiel--in which music is interspersed with spoken dialog) will be most attractive to fans of Schubert's other, equally unsuccessful stage works, such as Rosamunde. The libretto, a com...  more »

     
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All Artists: Franz Schubert, Peter Maag, Solisti Cantori, Phil Mediterranea, Georg Heckel, Petra Labitzke, Hubert Schmid, Matthias Schaltezky
Title: Schubert: Die Zwillingsbruder [A Pair of Twins]
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Label: Bongiovanni
Release Date: 2/15/1999
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 789368851720, 8007068222520, 800706822252

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Schubert's ninth opera (or rather, singspiel--in which music is interspersed with spoken dialog) will be most attractive to fans of Schubert's other, equally unsuccessful stage works, such as Rosamunde. The libretto, a comedy in which a pair of twins complicate the lives of other simple country types, is set to distinctly noncomedic music; Schubert's charming melodies, no matter how lovely, in no way reflect what is happening on the stage. The spoken German dialogue occupies nearly 20 minutes of this 55-minute CD, which may put off many potential listeners. The "live" performance is strong vocally, but rather fuzzy orchestrally. It is not helped by noticeably dull sonics. For some reason, the liner notes and jewel box both misidentify the work as D. 190 (D. is for Deutsch's catalog of Schubert's compositions). The correct attribution is D. 647. --Paul Turok